ON JULY 15th Tony Blair met spokesmen of Northern Ireland's two biggest loyalist paramilitary groups.
"For the majority of people sharing their home, it's about making ends meet," Ricardo Ramos, spokesman for the Barcelona Association of Neighbours and Hosts, explained over lunch near Sagrada Familia.
The prospect of seeing yet another exposé of bourgeois hypocrisy reminded me of a 1950s New Yorker cartoon in which a bland, middle-aged hostess is presenting a bearded, long-haired young man in jeans to a tweedy, middle-aged guest, who's saying: "No, madam, I do not want to meet a spokesman for the Beat Generation".
But so far neither Mr Chavalit nor any of his ministers has found time to meet its spokesmen to discuss their grievances.
A met office spokesman said it was "highly likely" this winter would be the second wettest in its history.
That threshold has not been met, said spokesman Sam Atwood.
The special stock will be con sidered at its December meet ing, a spokesman said.
Asked on Thursday if the two leaders would meet, a White House spokesman replied: "We will see.
After a special Cabinet meet ing, a spokesman announced that discussions of Israel's negotiating position would con tinue at Sunday's Cabinet meet ing.
"If they start to do this, then they should realize that the Kenyan athletes will no longer be welcome at the Grand Prix meets where they make their earnings," said Andreas Bruegger, the director of the Zurich Weltklasse meet and a spokesman for the Golden League Series.
"They tried to check every little detail, such as where other delegates will stand when the two leaders meet," Kim Eui Kyeom, a spokesman for the presidential office, told the Yonhap news agency Thursday.
